What can be done: Align strategies to causes, such as health reasons, and add extracurricular activities Editor’s note: This story is part of a package of reports exploring race- and poverty-based ...
A new state task force will examine the causes of chronic absenteeism and recommend strategies to improve student attendance.
THE STORY FROM CITY HALL. SCHOOL OFFICIALS POINT OUT THIS IS A PROBLEM NOT JUST HERE IN THE CITY, BUT NATIONWIDE. AND EVEN THOUGH THE ABSENTEEISM RATES WENT DOWN SLIGHTLY, THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF ...
More children than ever are skipping school. The latest data shows that the number of public school students who miss at least 10 percent of their school days–whether excused or unexcused–has nearly ...
San Diego Unified is seeing a big jump in chronic absenteeism this year, with some parents blaming mental health for their students missing days, CBS8 reported. In the year before the pandemic, the ...